Power agricultural implement



G. C. WOGDDELL AND H. C. REESER.

POWER AGRKCULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION Fl LED MAR. 22,1920- A TTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 6, 1921,

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object is carried into effect will hereinafter tional view UNITED TA "GEORGE c. WOODDELL rowan AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

Tas -"PA EN OFFICE.

AND ARRYC. REESER, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

I Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Sept; 6, 1921.

[a lication filed March 22, 1920. serial No. 367,596.

To aZZwlwm it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE WVoon- DELL andfI-IARRY O, REESER, citizens ofthe residing at Dayton, inthe have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Power Agricultural Implements, of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereintothe accompanying drawing.

his invention relates to ai power agricultural implement and more particularly to a small hand-controlled anddirected power j Figure 1 is a side elevation of our-improved power implement ,1 I t Fig. 2 is a partial plan and horizontal sec-I taken through. the axis of the machine; .and p g Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the master wheel and a partial sectional and side view of the planetary earingwhich forms a feature of our mac line.

,1 designates a master wheel to which the tractive power is transmitted. Preferably.

the periphery of the wheel has cleats or projections 2 to take into the soil and. increase portion of the casing side with the shaft 3 the traction. This wheel carries a shaft 3 which is mounted within the wheel through an intermediate bushing-4 and asleeve 5 forming a part of a disk 6 which itself is a of the planetary gearing.

A general frame in through the shaft 3 in a manner to be presently pointed out. 'TlllS frame carries braces 8 for the support of the rear portions of the handle, a standard in the form of an arch 10 being secured to the member 7 and extended upwardly for securing the forward ends of the handles, as shown at 11 in Fig. 1. The connection of the frame 7 at one is by means of a casting 12, one portion of which is bolted to the the form of; a stout bar 7 is supported by the .master wheel member 7 and the other portion 13 of which.

encircles thehub "ofthe master wheel,as shown at 14, and rollers a roller bearing. 3 supportsthe rollers 15 and a cap 17 covers one end of therollers,"while washers 18 are placed between'thefother end of the rollers and the hubof'the master wheel, with an intervening ball bearing travehng m races in the Washers18.

2O constituted of balls '15 which constitute A bushmglG on the shaft the opposite; faces of.

he f m m'ember Tatthe otherside of" '2:

the machine is'i'secured'at thepoints 21 and 22 to the" combined'engine base andcrank turn, is mounted on case 23. The case, in the shaft 3 by the bearings 24 and 25. These are conventional ball bearings and need not be-described detail,as the construction is fully shown in Fig.2-1Itmay be added,

ho\veve r, witl' respect to the bearing 24, that the 'casing'ca'rries the outermember26 of the ball race while the inner member 27 is secnred upon the shaft 3. Also that the I casingcarries the ring 28 with its absorbent washer 29, to 'prevent theqlubricant from leaking out. i I

Bymeans of these two-bearings 24and 25 the engine bed or 'crankcasing 23 is duly supported upon the shaft 3 and in ports the frame member 7.

ing 23 in anyconvenient manner, as is also the engine shaft 30 which has a worm screw 31, that mesheswith a worm gear 32 fixed on the engine shaft 3, by which arrangement the motion, developed by the engine is transferred to the master wheel through the mech-.

anism now to v be described. e will first state, however, that this shaft also carries; a cam for operating the exturn sup- The engine 28 issupported upon this haust valve of the engine and a cam at for t actuating-the Oll pump, but these features are conventional ones and form no part of thisinvention H i o V y i A. driving pinion 35is securedon the shaft 3 bya key 36 and meshes with several pinions 37 mountedon stud shafts 38 secured in the disk 6, to the sleevef5 of which the'n'iaster wheel, is keyed at 39, to which reference has heretofore been made.

These pinions 37 mesh with an internal gear 40 loosely mounted on the shaft 3, with the bushing iintervening. These several gears constitute as a whole a planetary gear.

As so far described, motion from the engine will idly operate these several gears on latter will produce the planetary movement of the pinions 37 and'the gear 40 around the axis of the pinion 35, the result being the r0- tation about that axis of the disk 6 and. its sleeve 5, which being keyed to the master wheel drives it and thereby causes the machine to travel over the. ground.

One instrumentality for locking the in V ternal gear against rotation is shown in the form of a clamping band 41, preferably made in halves pivoted together at 42, with an intervening gripping material '43, such as commonly used in The ends of the sections of the hand 41 are connected directly withone end of a bell crank lever 44 and a link 45, one end of which is also connected to the bell crank lever. A spring 46 serves to operate the lever in one direction to release the grip, while a hand rod 47 is used to operate the lever to draw the band sect-ions tightly against the outer surface of this'internal gear wheel 44, for the purpose of looking it against rotation, as before stated. The rod 47 will extend to any convenient point to be actuated by the operator;

Referring again to the engine devices the fly wheel is indicated at 48 which may be grooved, as shown at 49, forreceiving a suitable belt for use about a farm in operating churns, small pumps, etc. A usual magneto is indicated at 50, while at 51 is shown a contact post and ignition wire.

A gasolene tank 52 is preferably mounted on the handles 9 and connected bya tube 53 with a carbureter 54. An exhaust pipe is shown at 5 5. It terminates in a mufiling construction indicated at 56.

To control the speed of the engine a conventional form of throttle is shown at-57 consisting of a rod which controls the gasolene supply to the carbureter.

To open and close the exhaust valve, the opening of which will stop the engine, we use a rod 58 operable from near the handle 9.

We hav shown connected with our power machine one form of implement which in this case is rigidly connected with the frame 7. This implement ing a coupling bar 59 and'usual beams 60 automobile brakes.

is a cultivator comprls- It is also useful as a portable motor, in i which case the flywheel may be used in driving a belt to operate churns, washing machines, small grinders, etc.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is':- i

1. Ina garden tractor, with a master wheel, its shaft and planetary gearing mountedon the shaft and connected with the wheel, of a general frame and an engine bed supported on said shaft,van explosive engine carried by the bed and hav ing its shaft geared to the shaft of the mats ter wheel,

2. In a garden with a master wheel, its shaft and planetary gearing mount d on said shaft comprising a disk connected with the master wheel, pinions mounted on the disk, an internal gear the combination,

tractor, the combination,

wheel meshing with said pinions, clampin or locking devices to secure said internal gear against rotation or torelease it, and a of a frame and an engine bed sup- I nected with said wheel, andclampingor locking devices to hold or release one mem-. ber of the planetary gearing, of a frame supported at one side on the master shaft, an engine frame supported on said bed, an engine'on the bed having a worm on its shaft, and a worm gear on the master shaft meshing with said worm. e

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' GEORGE C. WQODDELL.

HARRY C. REESE'R.

In testimony whereof, we aflix' our signabed at the other side alsosupporte'd on said-shaft and another portion ofthe 

